Colegio Saco Oliveros accumulates 4 sanctions, which schools have been fined the most in recent years?

As a result of the last supposed bullying case against a 12-year-old schoolgirls Indecopi launched an investigation into the Saco Oliveros School and found that the institution had accumulated 4 fines for school violence in recent years.

Saco Oliveros was eventually sanctioned by the Specialized Chamber for Consumer Protection, with fines equivalent to 6.5 UIT.

One such case was the sanction in the form of 3 fines received by Saco Oliveros Civic Education Association for the untimely transfer to the health center of a 6-year-old schoolboy who was subjected to violence by classmates, timely treatment was not provided, despite the fact that the little boy had a head injury.

This same minor had already been harassed before and in the presence of the teacher, who, instead of controlling the aggressors, ignored this fact and continued to fulfill her teaching duties. One day, a minor got a cut on his leg in front of a student who was distracted.

Another sanction that the school received was a fine and a reprimand for not accrediting, usually taking appropriate measures in case of psychological abuse of a student by an English teacher.

Over the past four years, the school has received 11 fines and reprimands on various grounds: for the lack of proper educational services and the failure to issue a complaint book, as well as the use of intimidating formulas for collecting pensions.

What other schools have been fined?

According to the Indecopy, in 2020, 3,364 inspections were carried out, in which 668 private schools were identified that did not respect the rights of their users, of which 312 corrected their mistakes and more than 300 continued their unfair practices. Among the major errors reported are collecting pensions despite the fact that the service was not provided, receiving a pension early, suspending the provision of educational services due to non-payment of pensions, collecting unauthorized fees, not providing information to parents, among others.

According to data available between 2017 and 2020, the institution with the most sanctions is Innova School (Peruvian SA Schools).

in 2021 Registered 1942 complaints and inquiries about the improper provision of services in private schools during the period of enrollment and at the beginning of the school year. These institutions reportedly failed to reimburse tuition or pension fees, suspended remote services due to non-payment, or did not respond to inquiries. in schools The largest number of inquiries and reports came from Innova Schools (11.1%), Pamer (2.8%) and Saco Oliveros (1.8%).